While Australia works to prevent the spread of COVID-19, there are extra health considerations when it comes to older Australians and our ageing society. COVID-19 is a new virus, causing respiratory illness with flu-like symptoms such as dry cough, fever and aches ...

Seventy-six per cent of Australian seniors over 60 would prefer to age in the comfort of their home. Eighty-three per cent also believe home ownership is essential to maintaining independence and financial freedom during the later stages of life.1 Planning ...

The aged care sector needs more funding, more staff, better training and better food. So far, so ‘same old story’. ABC’s Q&A cast its gaze on aged care this week with a panel comprised of familiar faces for those knowledgeable about ...

The government has released Australia’s Long-Term National Health Plan, promising to make the health system “the world’s number one”. “The story of health in Australia is sometimes viewed through the prism of large numbers, such as $435 billion for the ...

As the aged care royal commission continues to reveal deeply troubling cases of mismanagement and elder abuse, a new charter aims to shore up the dignity and protection of aged care residents. Released under the federal government’s aged care quality ...

Day five of the aged care royal commission saw a set of tense exchanges between counsel assisting Dr Timothy McEvoy and Leading Age Services Australia chief executive Sean Rooney. Rooney was taken to task by McEvoy over a number of ...

The year after the Government stalled aged care funding there was a marked increase in findings of “substandard care that would impact on the health and wellbeing of a care recipient”. During the evidence of the secretary of the department ...

“I’m sure if I had taken Bob to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in the state he was in, I would have been reported to the police.” That’s how Oakden whistleblower Barbara Spriggs recounted the injuries her late husband sustained at the ...